Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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Page 26
... should brutalize by choice His nature ; and , though capable of arts , By which the world might profit , and himself , Self - banished from fociety , prefer Such fqualid floth to honourable toil ! Yet even these , though feigning ...
... should brutalize by choice His nature ; and , though capable of arts , By which the world might profit , and himself , Self - banished from fociety , prefer Such fqualid floth to honourable toil ! Yet even these , though feigning ...
Page 42
... should be peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scattered , where the shapely column ftood . Her palaces are duft . In all her streets The voice of finging and the sprightly chord ...
... should be peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scattered , where the shapely column ftood . Her palaces are duft . In all her streets The voice of finging and the sprightly chord ...
Page 49
... Should England profper , when fuch things , as fmooth And tender as a girl , all effenced over With odours , and as profligate as sweet ; Who fell their laurel for a myrtle wreath , And love when they should fight ; when fuch as thefe ...
... Should England profper , when fuch things , as fmooth And tender as a girl , all effenced over With odours , and as profligate as sweet ; Who fell their laurel for a myrtle wreath , And love when they should fight ; when fuch as thefe ...
Page 59
... should woo a foul ; To break a jest , when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and to address The fkittish fancy with facetious tales , When fent with God's commission to the heart ! So BOOK II 59 THE TIME - PIECE .
... should woo a foul ; To break a jest , when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and to address The fkittish fancy with facetious tales , When fent with God's commission to the heart ! So BOOK II 59 THE TIME - PIECE .
Page 63
... should inftru & t ; Exposes , and holds up to broad disgrace , The nobleft function , and difcredits much The brightest truths , that man has ever seen . For ghoftly counsel ; if it either fall Below the exigence , or be not backed With ...
... should inftru & t ; Exposes , and holds up to broad disgrace , The nobleft function , and difcredits much The brightest truths , that man has ever seen . For ghoftly counsel ; if it either fall Below the exigence , or be not backed With ...
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